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Reflecting on my Goal from Practicum 2
Reflecting on my Goal from Practicum 2
The goal that I created in terms of planning for learning for this final practicum placement was to be mindful to ensure I have hands-on activities. To do this, I wanted to plan for group work, parallel tasks, and hands-on learning opportunities. Since my practicum has now ended, I believe that I have achieved this goal. Throughout the practicum, I did not just plan for learning, I believe that I designed meaningful experiences for students. Planning is just what I will be teaching and when. Designing is so much more. I designed learning that brought the curriculum to life through hands-on activities, group work, and parallel tasks!
To demonstrate my achievement of this goal, I have included some of the learning designed for the Flight science unit. Initially, science was one of those subjects that I was not confident in teaching. However, through designing for learning in engaging ways, I feel very confident in my abilities.
Reflecting on my Goal from Practicum 1
Reflecting on my Goal from Practicum 1
The goal that I created in terms of planning for learning for my practicum placement was to "[translate] outcomes into coherent short, medium, and long-range plans" throughout my fall semester courses (TQS 3a). To achieve this goal, I planned to implement the backwards design model into each of my lesson plans. I believe that I did achieve this goal but I have to pivot my plan in order to achieve this. The backwards design model is extremely valuable in creating lesson plans, however, I found that only implementing this model was not enough to satisfy this goal. To further achieve this goal, I made a point of attempting to teach the short, medium, and long-range plans that I came up with for my Integrated Curriculum Project. This project was a requirement for the fall 2021 semester. After completing this project, I then taught 5 lessons from my unit plan thus reaching my goal!
Based on this practicum experience, I want to challenge myself to create more integrated unit plans that I will use in my future practicum as well as my teaching practice. Integration is something that I believe can make the learning experiences more meaningful and in-depth for students, and so, I want to make a point to plan for more integration of all subject areas!
The Integrated Curriculum Project is attached below. As well, I have attached a presentation that I created to showcase my Integrated Curriculum Project. (TQS 3a-c, 4b, 4d, 4g).
EDUC 4351-002 Jessica's Indigenize the PoS.pdfIndigenize the PoS - Integrative Unit Plan
Indigenize the PoS - Integrative Unit Plan
During the EDUC 4351 course titled "Indigenous Perspectives", I created an integrative unit plan for grade 4 that was centred around incorporating Indigenous Perspectives. For this unit, my "seed" was a fantastic children's book called "The Water Walker" by by Joanna Robertson. As a part of this unit plan, I was mindful to ensure that this resource and other resources were authentic and ethical Indigenous resources! (TQS 5a-d).
Leading with the Land - Integrative Unit Plan
Leading with the Land - Integrative Unit Plan
During the EDUC 2200 course titled "Understanding Curriculum through Indigenous Ways of Living with the Land", I collaborated with fellow Teacher Candidates to create a unit plan for grades 3 & 4 centred around the sacred world heritage site Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. As a part of this unit plan, we were mindful to ensure that the lessons, assessments, and resources were authentic to the experience and ethical integration of Indigenous Perspectives! (TQS 2a-f, 5a-d).
EDUC 2200 - Leading with the Land Isaac, Gosselin, & Merenick.pdf"Writer's Workshop: Hooks & Leads" Lesson Plan and Extras
"Writer's Workshop: Hooks & Leads" Lesson Plan and Extras
The following lesson plan was created during the Teaching ELA course I participated in during my second year of the education program. This lesson plan was created with the intention of being taught to grade 2 students but unfortunately, due to COVID-19, I have been unable to present this lesson plan to peers and/or students. I have also included the recording form, rubric, and Google Slide presentation made to go with this lesson plan. In terms of the Teaching Quality Standards, through this assignment, I believe I was able to "use the program of studies to create goals" for my students and “plan for multiple paths to learning for individuals and groups of learners" (TQS 3a, 3b).
Jessica Gosselin EDUC 2103-003 Writing Workshop Lesson Plan .pdfPage updated
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